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Jimmy Page plays Link Wray's Rumble onstage at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2023

“As a guitar instrumental, it was totally unique in its mystery”: Jimmy Page performs live for the first time in 8 years, covering Link Wray’s Rumble at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

By Matt Parker published

The Led Zeppelin icon made a rare onstage appearance to pay tribute to a guitarist linked to the very roots of his playing

Link Wray performs at The Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, California in 1978

“The kids just went ape”: The menacing riff that inspired Jimmy Page, Pete Townshend and Jeff Beck – and had a guitar tone so aggressive it was banned from the radio

By Jackson Maxwell published

Finally inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2023, Link Wray was a guitar pioneer who – when he released Rumble in 1958 – made the instrument sound more dangerous than anyone before him

(from left) Tom Morello, Sheryl Crow, Link Wray and Willie Nelson perform onstage

Rage Against the Machine, Sheryl Crow, Link Wray, Willie Nelson lead 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees

By Jackson Maxwell published

Notably omitted from this year's list were nominees like Iron Maiden, Soundgarden, The White Stripes, Joy Division, New Order and Warren Zevon

Iggy Pop

Iggy Pop explains why he prefers his albums to sound “rough”: “I like Link Wray a lot better than Yngwie Malmsteen, put it that way”

By Sam Roche published

The punk rock icon has discussed his 19th album, the Andrew Watt-produced Every Loser, which features guest appearances from Josh Klinghoffer, Chad Smith and the late Taylor Hawkins

Jeff Beck playing a Fender Stratocaster

Watch Jeff Beck play Link Wray’s once-banned Rumble using Fender’s American Vintage II ‘57 Stratocaster

By Matt Owen published

The 1958 track – the only instrumental guitar song ever to be banned from the radio – was once played to Beck by Jimmy Page, and remains a key player in Beck's current live setlist

Missing Link: Hear "Son of Rumble," Link Wray's Previously Unreleased Followup to "Rumble"

By Damian Fanelli published

The 10 Coolest Guitar Instrumentals of All Time

By By Alan di Perna published

Guitar World presents the 10 coolest guitar instrumentals ever.

RJ Ronquillo Demos Eastwood Guitars' New Link Wray Tribute Model — Video

By Guitar World Staff published

Gretsch Introduces G6120DE Duane Eddy Signature Hollow Body Guitar

By Damian Fanelli published

Gretsch has introduced the G6120DE Duane Eddy Signature Hollow Body guitar to honor Duane Eddy, a true legend of the first wave of rockers.

Masked Musings by Eddie Angel of Los Straitjackets: How I Met Link Wray

By Eddie Angel published

In the summer of 1973, I was 20. I had moved to LA to be a songwriter with a piano player by the name of Dave Bloom. We were sure we were the next Lennon/McCartney -- or at least Leiber/Stoller.